Artist Alexander Shilov: biography, personal life, creativity

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Alexander Shilov is a famous Russian and Soviet painter and portrait painter. Differs in incredible capacity for work, he created hundreds of paintings, many of which can be classified as "high art". Alexander Shilov represents the older generation of Soviet artists who painted monumental paintings with an ideological content. As a rule, these were large format canvases, they were exhibited in large exhibition centers and used by party leaders to promote communist values. But we must pay tribute to the artist, he never stooped to the poster style in his works. Each painting on the theme of socialist construction carried a certain artistic value. People who came to the exhibition lingered for a long time at the paintings of Alexander Shilov.

Biography of Alexander Shilov

The artist was born in 1943, October 6, in an intelligent Moscow family. At the age of fourteen, Sasha entered the art studioTimiryazevsky district of Moscow.

The young Shilov's ability to draw showed up right away. Once he met the artist Alexander Ivanovich Laktionov, who decided to develop a young talent, and since he himself was an excellent portrait painter, he subsequently had a noticeable influence on the work of his friend.

Education

From 1968 to 1973 Alexander Shilov studied at the Moscow State Art Institute named after Surikov (Moscow State Academic Art Institute). During his student years, he constantly painted paintings, which were then exhibited at numerous opening days and exhibitions dedicated to the work of young artists. The canvases of Alexander Shilov already stood out for their expressiveness.

In 1976 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR, after which he received a workshop and several orders from the country's party leadership. The talented painter set to work as an already recognized master. And in 1997, in accordance with the order of the Moscow government, in the very center of the capital, near the Kremlin, a personal gallery of Alexander Shilov was opened. In the same year, the painter became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Since 1999, Alexander Shilov has been a member of the Council for Art and Culture under the President of the Russian Federation. New duties demanded from the artist full commitment in terms of participation in the political life of the country, he began to visit his art studio less often.

In 2012, Alexander Shilov, the artist, finally went into politics, entered the PublicCouncil under the Federal Security Service of Russia. Then he became one of the confidants of Vladimir Putin. In March 2014, he signed an appeal in support of the President's political position regarding the events taking place in Ukraine.

Awards

• 1977, VLKSM award for a cycle of works on the theme of astronautics. Shilov created canvases glorifying the exploration of the universe. The artist also painted portraits of all Soviet cosmonauts.
• In 1980, Alexander Shilov received the title of "Honored Artist of the RSFSR", and in 1981 he became a People's Artist of Russia.
• The high title "People's Artist of the USSR" was awarded to the painter in 1985.
• In 1997, the artist was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, for his significant personal contribution to the development and development of fine arts.
• Alexander Shilov received the Order of Honor in 2010 as recognition of his many years of fruitful activity in the field of national culture and art.
• Another order - "Pride of Russia" - the artist was awarded in 2010 for his contribution to the art of realism.
• Since 2014, he has been an honorary professor at the RGAI (Russian State Academy of Arts).

Private life

The first wife of Alexander Maksovich Shilov was Svetlana Folomeeva, an artist. On March 24, 1974, the couple had a son, Sasha, who decided to continue family traditions andis currently a member of the RAI. Shilov Alexander Alexandrovich is a hereditary artist, but he has a pronounced individuality and his own style of writing.

After a divorce from his first wife, Alexander Shilov Sr. lived a bachelor for some time, and then married again. The new wife Anna Shilova became the artist's muse, she gave him inspiration. The Shilovs lived together for twenty years, but then a break followed.

Painting and music

The artist entered into a third marriage with Yulia Volchenkova, a violinist. She is present in many of his paintings. In 1997, the couple had a daughter, Ekaterina. The divorce from Anna Shilova was not yet formalized at that time, and the artist could not register a marriage with Volchenkova. However, Katya Shilov designed as his legitimate daughter. The girl grew up and did not need anything.

Three years later, the family cooled down, the artist and the violinist lost their mutual feeling. A separation followed, which ended in the division of property. Yulia Volchenkova was the officially recognized wife of Alexander Shilov, and therefore litigation began on the division of property. The case was considered in two courts at once. One judge de alt with the housing issue, the second considered the general provisions, without which no divorce process can do.

Present

Today, Alexander Shilov, whose personal life has finally acquired a calm and stable character, devotes all his time to work, writes new paintings and is engaged in social activities.